Trusting Systems With the Irreversible Power of Death
One can only hope that executing people is one of the things we don’t want to return to.
Individualism and Selfishness Aren’t ‘Human Nature.’ Cooperation Is.
Humans are not doomed to failure and we can do better. History says we can.
Burning Down the House
We need to burn down oligarchy, and idols of power and control.
Facing the Church’s Complicity in Racism
Personal relationships with a “Black friend” are not enough to stop or to divert systemic racism and our complicity in it.
Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART IV)
Time for restoring our place on earth is running out.
Is It Our Homes or Hearts That Need Tidying Up?
Whether we fill a home with stuff or give it all away, if our focus is still on us, we are just tidying up.
Day Laborers of the Bible
Their full humanity, dignity, and willingness to work must have stung them every morning as they watched those who were stronger walking to their gainful employment while the human leftovers stayed in the market, kept there only by vain hope.
The Truth About Debt
When we believe ourselves to be debt free, we forget forever the debt we owe to Jesus. We forget that all we have we owe to God, that nothing is ours in perpetuity except for our lives.
The Power of Corporate Courage
Certainly we can’t wait on corporations to act, but we can invite them.
Millennials + Minimalism…Hold on, It’s Not What You Think
When the flood waters of my existential anxiety about what my life is supposed to be about recede, so will the usefulness of all the things I clung to in order to survive the storm of my uncertainty.